Ripunjay Singh

Ripunjay Singh (16 June 1999-) was an Indian-American entrepreneur and radio host. Singh, born in New Jersey, spent most of his life in Uttar Pradesh, India after his family returned to India in 2003, but he returned to the United States for his studies at Saint Peter's University in 2017.

Biography
Ripunjay Singh was born at the Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey on 16 June 1999. His parents were Prajesh and Nikki Singh, from Varanasi; his younger brother Puranjay was born in India in 2002. Both his father and grandfather were RSS members. During his youth in America, he lived in Stratford Apartments next to a K-Mart supermarket in Old Bridge. At the age of four, he moved to Noida in Uttar Pradesh, India after his father received a job offer for TCS. At the age of five, he attended primary school, but he was taken to the Christian Ryan International School by his parents due to the poor quality of the first school.

In second grade, he played drums for the school band; in third grade, he became a flautist; in seventh grade, he started with track-and-field. He attended Ryan International School for his entire primary and secondary schooling experience. Singh was involved with Model United Nations as a delegate, and he was also the Student Affairs Minister in the student government. He received several awards, such as "Student of the Year" in ninth grade.

In 2017, he received a scholarship to Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey, and his parents supported this due to his birth at the university's hospital. Singh studied computer science with a minor in finance, and he registered to vote as a Democrat in freshman year. In sophomore year, he became involved with the WSPR radio station and became the main host of "Around the World in 60 Minutes", alongside fellow radio hosts Jacob Adelhoch and Jili Zhu. He also competed in the school's Shark Tank competition, intending on creating an import company.